Bourbon, Nicholas, a famous Latin poet in the 16th century, was a native of Vandeur near Langres, and the son of a wealthy man who was master of several forges. Margaret de Valois appointed him preceptor to her daughter Jane d'Albert of Navarre, the mother of King Henry IV. At length he retired to Conde, where he had a benefice, and died about the year 1550. He wrote eight books of Epigrams; and a poem on the forge, which he has entitled Ferraria. He had great knowledge of antiquity, and of the Greek language. Erasmus praises his Epigrams.

Bourbon, Nicholas, a celebrated Greek and Latin poet, was nephew of the preceding. He taught rhetoric in several colleges of Paris; and the cardinal de Perron caused him to be nominated professor of eloquence in the Royal College: he was also canon of Langres, and one of the 40 of the French academy. At length he retired to the fathers of the oratory, where he died in 1644, aged 70. He is esteemed one of the greatest Latin poets France has produced. His poems were printed at Paris in 1630.

Bourbon-Lancy, a town of France, in the department of Saone and Loire. It is remarkable for its baths and baths; and there is a large marble pavement, called the great bath, which is a work of the Romans. It is seated near the river Loire, in E. Long. 3° 46'. N. Lat. 46° 37'.

Bourbon L'Archebaud, a town of France, in the department of Allier, remarkable for its baths, which are exceedingly hot. E. Long. 3° 28'. N. Lat. 46° 35'.

Family of Bourbon, the late royal family of France. Henry IV. in 1589, though of the 10th generation, was the nearest heir, and succeeded Henry III. (the last of the Valois race), whose brother Francis II. married Mary queen of Scots, and both died without issue. Louis XVI. was the fifth king of this family in succession. This family also mounted the throne of Spain in 1700, by Philip V. grandson to Louis XIV. which was the occasion of the long and bloody war that ended in the peace of Utrecht. A branch of the Spanish family likewise mounted the throne of the two Sicilies in 1734. These three branches entered into a treaty offensive and defensive in 1761, which goes by the name of the family compact.